The Guinness world record for the largest human Christmas tree is now held by the Chengannur Municipality in Alappuzha, Kerala. The 'Christmas tree' was formed under the leadership of "Mission Chengannur" on December 19, 2015. The programme was flagged off by Smt. Shobhana George, Former MLA & Chairperson of "Mission Chengannur". Around 4030 people, including school children, college students and the local people, formed the 400 ft long and 200 ft wide ‘Christmas tree’. The participants were in brown, green, red and yellow tees and caps. Chengannur beat the record held by Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, where 2945 persons were a part of it. The ‘Christmas tree' was evaluated by the Guinness representative, Praveen Patel, who then announced that Chengannur had set the record.